Outside of the Box: InterGrowth Speakers Challenge Old-Line Thinking

Steve Levitt says teachers, criminals, real estate agents, politicians, and even CIA agents may lie, but numbers don’t. It isn’t the numbers, but the questions you ask that are important. The difficult thing, he says, is asking the right questions. So I ask, do you have time to wonder, or are you just trying to keep up? Whatever your state of mind, take some time with us in April in Orlando to explore some of the following questions with the likes of Paul Gompers, Steve Levitt, Keith Ferrazzi, Ben Stein, Dennis Cuneo, Daniel Henninger, senior corporate development execs, and many others. Have you ever wondered about the validity of the grading system at Harvard? Well, if you’re like me and don’t care, or even if you do, then you might be interested in hearing what Paul Gompers has to say about the state of the private equity market. Come with us to Orlando and hear from a great group of speakers, from Ferris Bueller to Harvard profs. * Ever want to take a day off and go to business school? * Join the circus? (You can see a real one on Friday night at InterGrowth) * Know where private equity is headed? * Learn to think outside of the box? * Work on your chip shot, putt, drive? * Ever wonder how to sell to a corporate buyer? * What’s really happening in China, anyway? * What you need to do about getting a broker-dealer license? * Want to be a better negotiator? * Ever want to take left turns at over 100 mph like Richard Petty? * Ever wonder what it takes to coach national champions in college and the pros? * Want to know about product branding? * How about where the auto business is heading? * Ever heard a speaker whose “abiding interests are cheating, corruption, and crime?” * Ever wonder if you could outdraw Mark Jones, Rob Long, Ted Kramer, or Brian Schneider? Come join us for three days of: * Music and fun * Libations with your clients and targets * Business card distribution * Puffery with your competitors * Listening to unedited good news Or, you could stay home and live with three days of “Shoulda’…Woulda’…Coulda'”! Bev Landstreet IV ACG InterGrowth Chairman Proudfoot Consulting [email protected] (c) 2006 Mergers and Acquisitions Journal and SourceMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.majournal.com http://www.sourcemedia.com